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TIME TO ZERO-BASE YOUR TELECOM BUSINESS?

ARE YOU INTELLIGENTLY COMBINING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO LEAD IN THE NEW?

Many companies in multiple sectors invest heavily in digital technologies to drive growth

Only 13 percent are leveraging their investments to realize both cost saving efficiencies and new business growth: What Accenture calls “Leading in the New." Why? Because most companies are not using digital technologies in combination as Industry X.0 businesses.

of executives want new efficiencies, new growth, and new experiences to be delivered at the same time.

of companies are getting both cost saving efficiencies and new growth from their investments in digital technologies.

WHY?BECAUSE MOST ARE STILL DEPLOYING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES PIECEMEAL

COMBINING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ISN’T JUST A SIMPLE GAME OF MIX-AND-MATCH

The right technology combinations will vary across industries, and will change over time as technologies evolve. What’s more, the mix required to lower costs differs from that best suited to driving top-line growth.

US$85,000

average company savings per employee if five digital technologies in particular—autonomous vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, big data, machine learning and mobile computing are combined

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